GRE Word List

ENIGMA

something hard to understand or explain

The meaning of the word enigma is something hard to understand or explain.

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rigto fit out with rigging
opiatean alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
histrionicdeliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
lustera glow of reflected light : sheen
debonairsuave
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
voluptuoussuggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form